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A large outdoor street billboard with a blue, green and yellow gradient background, mounted on a wall above a tiled roof and greenery. Central figure is a painted deity depicted as Shiva with matted hair topped by a crescent, a trident and a damaru-like drum at his left, a serpent around his neck, and a white garment. To the left stands painted Ganesha with an elephant head and red-orange attire, and to the right painted Hanuman holding a gada (mace) in a red-orange outfit with a halo. A small Shiva lingam emblem appears at the chest area. Malayalam text runs across the top and bottom. The lower band shows sponsorship text in white on red.

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November 10 20062006-11-10August 01 20082008-08-01Photo 11717205A photograph of an orange banner mounted on a corrugated roof at a temple entrance, reading in Malayalam "Sree Dharmasastha Kshetram Chottanikkara" with a dedication line below. The banner shows a painted Ayyappa figure seated on a tiger holding a bow and arrow on the left, and a seated deity with a crown and garland on the right. Below the roof, several people in white and colourful dress stand and walk around an open courtyard with a parked white car, trees and a small building. A few people, including a woman in orange and a man in white, are visible in the lower half of the frame.2018-05-08Photograph of a richly painted temple gopuram-style facade in Tamil Nadu, decorated with colourful sculpted deity and attendant figures along its top. A framed painting on the facade shows a blue-skinned deity with a third eye and a consort with a crescent-topped crown, both with raised hands. A large banana-leaf arch with tender green stalks and leaves stands in front, and foliage hangs down the facade. Several people are gathered in the foreground, including a woman in a dark sari near the arch, and a young man at the left edge. Yellow signboards show Tamil text beneath the painting.2006-11-05March 13 20132013-03-13August 09 20102010-08-09Outdoor street photo of a weathered whitewashed wall with several painted and printed posters. Centre right, a large orange banner advertises a 1008 lamp puja under a deity with kalasha imagery, with a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe in a portrait labelled with Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam text. Left, a green poster shows a sword-and-club-bearing deity figure with garlands, a schedule and three small printed portraits of men in white. Lower left, a small political-style poster shows a woman. A wooden directional arrow sits at the base, and a thatched palm-fibre screen and tree stand behind. No physical people are present.2011-05-02Photograph of a temple facade with colourful painted stucco figures of deities and attendants in niches above a white signboard with red border. The figures include a blue-skinned figure, a figure with a crescent crown, figures with tall crowns and jewelled ornaments, and a seated figure holding a lamp or offering. The sign shows a Ganesha image on the left, a temple tower illustration in the centre and a small Ganesha-like deity on the right, with Tamil text and a red strip at the bottom. No physical people are visible; the figures are statues.2006-10-15A man stands on a dark stage raising a silver trident topped with a small deity figure in his right hand, while a leopard-print damaru drum hangs from it with a leopard-print cloth. He wears a leopard-print and orange-red draped garment, a gold necklace, rudraksha beads on his wrist and upper arm, and has long matted hair with a jewelled ornament and a red tilak on his forehead. Dark stage backdrop with warm stage lighting on his shoulder and arm.2017-12-18A painted or sculpted deity murti of Shiva against a black background, shown from the chest up. The figure has blue-grey skin, a crescent moon in dark hair, a red bindi and tripundra markings, and gold hoop earrings. A green and red cobra coils over one shoulder, and multiple strands of dark rudraksha beads hang across the chest and arms. An orange and gold cloth drapes the body, and a gold trident with green accents rests at the right side. No physical people are visible.2012-04-04A close-up photograph of a painted deity murti of Shiva against a dark background. The figure has blue-grey skin, a crescent moon and matted hair on the head, a tilak with a red bindi on the forehead, and gold hoop earrings. A red-hooded green cobra coils over the left shoulder, and the figure wears layered dark rudraksha malas with an orange and white garment draped over the chest. A gold trident with green gemstone accents is held in the right hand. No physical people are present; the figure is a statue.2012-04-05